Objectives for the Class

1. A Walk in Loft Park: an interactive experience

Abstract: I've always been a fan of those children's Point and click games, like Professor Layton, Pheonix Wright, Tiny Bang theory. I love the way how the artists create the characters and, especially in Professor Layton, how they animate with the body language. So what I want to do is make a little game about exploration. The setting is a fantasy park called Loft Park, where you travel through the park and see what it holds. I plan on making it with Flash CS5, and hopefully I might be able to get some help with the buttons.

2. Dream Walk motion comic

Abstract: Recently, a new typeof comic has started a trend in the pop culture world: the motion comic. Often it is just a standard comic but animated so that there is more life in the story, making it somewhat like a flash animation. TokyoPop did some motion comics with some of their mangas in 2009, and I thought it would be an interesting approach to reading comics. Think of it like those interactive CD Rom storybooks from the 90's. I plan on making the comic based on a dream I had. 

Class 1: List

list of things I want to accomplish in the semester

1. Make an Interactive comic based on my dreams.
2. Make an animated movie with music as the only audio.
3. Look at how Chinese mythology relates to Japanese mythology.
4. Make a shirt made of scraps.
5. Read the Great Gatsby.
6. Make good anatomical poses without the need of a model.
7. Draw a 50 page comic.
8. Draw 50 random images and make them into a comic.
9. Learn how to make a good stew.
10. Learn how to cook like my grandmother.
11. Take a whole day to explore Central Park.
12. Write 15 short stories and make a 16th one tying them altogether.
13. Make a remix.
14. Learn the Piano (again).
15. Learn the art of making book covers.
16. Make concept art for a book being turned into a movie.